MINIscapes
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MINIscapes
01 · Big days

Weddings + Events

Care for your own big day, or a plan for the children at the event you’re running.

02 · Everyday life

For Families

You have somewhere you want or need to be. Then there’s the small matter of the kids.

03 · Their big day

MINI Parties

This time the children are the whole point.

04 · Partners

Planners + Event Teams

Wedding planners, venues, promoters and event teams: you run the event. We can take the kids’ part off your plate.

05 · We make plans tooOur Events →
06 · A corner for mums

Why MINIscapes

Meet the founder, get to know a little of her story and approach, and see how life outside MINIscapes helped make MINIscapes possible.

Childcare for real life

Plans are easier when the childcare is already thought through.

From weddings and nights out to the parties that are entirely for them, tell us what you want the day to look like. We’ll help figure out what kind of childcare gives you the best version of it.

Find my kind of careWhy MINIscapes
Weddings · everyday care · children’s parties · one-to-one support
A playful illustration of children jumping and laughing togetherBIG PLANS. LITTLE PEOPLE.
You tell us the plan.We help figure out what kind of childcare gives you the best version of the day.
WEDDINGS✿NIGHTS OUT✦MINI PARTIES✿ONE-TO-ONE CARE✦THE DAYS YOU JUST NEED HELP✿WEDDINGS✿NIGHTS OUT✦MINI PARTIES✿ONE-TO-ONE CARE✦THE DAYS YOU JUST NEED HELP✿

What are you trying to make possible?

You do not need to arrive knowing whether you need in-home care, an event nanny, a staffed MINI Lounge or party support. Explore the options and we’ll help you land on the right one.

Children making art together
Weddings + Events

Everyone you want there can actually come.

A staffed MINI Lounge, supervised event care or one-to-one attention for the little guests inside a very grown-up day.

Explore event care →
A mixed group of children playing around colourful shapes
For Families

You have somewhere to be.

Dinner, an appointment, a long lunch, a day that is yours. Tell us the plan. We’ll help with the childcare part.

See family care →
Children making colourful handprint art
MINI Parties

This time, the children are the whole point.

Help planning the children’s experience, the activities and the people who will help the day actually run.

Plan their party →
For planners + event teams

Planning for everyone else?

Whether it is a wedding, venue programme or public event, bring us in when children need a real plan inside the experience.

See the partner page
A large Mamahood community gathering outdoors
Where the listening started

We found there is a reason some mums don’t come to a lot of events.

We started off just doing things with mums over at Mamahood.

And then somewhere along the way we realised, oh…

There is a reason some mums don’t come. Or come late. Or come tired. Or leave early. Or feel like they are squeezing an event into a life that is already very, very full.

And once you notice that, you start thinking about everything else too.

If this is true for one event, what must that mean for life in general?

When you want to go somewhere and immediately think, but the kids. When you want to see an event poster and just say, I’m going, without needing to break out into a logistics sprint first. When you want to go away. Go out with your girls. Go somewhere with your person. Go somewhere alone. Or honestly, just catch a breath.

That question is a big part of why MINIscapes exists.

Meet Tanya + read why MINIscapes exists
Start here

Tell us what you’re trying to make possible.

You do not need to know the right package name. Name and contact are enough. Add the rest if you feel like it, or hit send and we’ll take it from there.

WhatsApp MINIscapes: +263 77 242 3841miniscapeszw@gmail.com
Playful MINIscapes illustration
MINIscapes
Childcare for the life happening now.
Harare, Zimbabwe · WhatsApp +263 77 242 3841 · miniscapeszw@gmail.com
Weddings + EventsFor FamiliesMINI PartiesPlanners + Event TeamsOur EventsWhy MINIscapes
MINIscapes
Start here
MINIscapes
01 · Big days

Weddings + Events

Care for your own big day, or a plan for the children at the event you’re running.

02 · Everyday life

For Families

You have somewhere you want or need to be. Then there’s the small matter of the kids.

03 · Their big day

MINI Parties

This time the children are the whole point.

04 · Partners

Planners + Event Teams

Wedding planners, venues, promoters and event teams: you run the event. We can take the kids’ part off your plate.

05 · We make plans tooOur Events →
06 · A corner for mums

Why MINIscapes

Meet the founder, get to know a little of her story and approach, and see how life outside MINIscapes helped make MINIscapes possible.

Childcare for the big days

Be fully present.

Children can be part of the event without becoming somebody’s full-time job inside it.

Start with the role you’re here in. Booking care for your own day? Go straight to the care. Planning an event for clients or an audience? We’ll help you work out the children’s part.

I’m booking care for my own wedding / private eventI plan or run events for clients / audiences
Couples + hosts · wedding planners · venues · promoters · event teams
A diverse group of children jumping and playing in a warm illustrated play spaceBIG DAYS. LITTLE PEOPLE.
They can come too.They can enjoy the parts they love, disappear into something else when they’ve had enough, and mum or dad doesn’t automatically have to leave with them.
WEDDINGS✿PRIVATE EVENTS✦PUBLIC EVENTS✿FESTIVALS✦MINI LOUNGE✿ONE-TO-ONE CARE✦WEDDINGS✿PRIVATE EVENTS✦PUBLIC EVENTS✿FESTIVALS✦MINI LOUNGE✿ONE-TO-ONE CARE✦
Booking for your own dayMINI Lounge · event nannies · one-to-one carePlanning for clients or an audienceWedding guest care · family areas · larger-event planning
Viewing: Wedding + private event carePlanning for an event team instead?

Care that fits perfectly.

Explore the options and find the right one for your day. Use one on its own, or combine them around the guest list, venue and children who will actually be there.

Children playing together around a large blank activity board
The MINI Lounge

A children’s space that belongs at the event.

A staffed, on-site lounge for play, making, quieter moments and resets, styled to sit naturally inside the look and feel of the main event.

Explore the MINI Lounge →
Three children peeking playfully around a cream panel
Supervised event care

You have the setup. We bring the childcare.

Professional childcare inside the event when you need people to engage, supervise and care for the children without adding the full MINI Lounge setup.

Explore event nannies →
Children reading and building together in a cozy illustrated room
One-to-one event nanny

One pair of eyes. One child.

For newborns, infants and children who need one person following their own rhythm, routine and moments throughout the day.

See one-to-one care →
Need care before or after the event? See care around the day →
A mixed group of children playing around colourful shapes
For the little guests

Children need somewhere to be children.

Weddings and events ask a lot of small people: new faces, noise, waiting, photographs, speeches and routines happening at unusual times. Good event childcare gives them somewhere to play, reset and be cared for while the grown-ups stay in the day.

They are still part of the celebration. They just do not have to experience it like tiny adults.
YOUR CHILD
STAYS
CLOSE
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A diverse group of children playing on colourful soft-play shapes

What happens to your flower girl and ring bearer after their duties?

They are still part of the day. They just do not have to spend the next six hours sitting like tiny adults. They can move between the celebration and care that fits their age.

For the parents you really want in the room

Wear the heels. Finish the meal. Stay for the speeches. Dance.

Your child is still right there with you, just not on you. If they need you, you are close. If you need to check in, you can. Until then, someone else is doing the watching.

on-siteclose enough to check incare shaped around the child

Event childcare should feel like part of the event.

The space, the people and the plan should make sense together. We think about what children need without asking the celebration to become something else.

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Styled to belong

The MINI Lounge is customised to the look and feel of the main event, so the children have a real space of their own without the setup feeling dropped in from somewhere else.

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Built around the children

Ages, interests, energy, routines and quieter moments shape what goes into the children’s plan instead of forcing every event into one standard setup.

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Trained hands

Our nannies have childminding certifications and first-aid training, so the care is not only engaging; it is supported by people prepared to respond appropriately when something needs attention.

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Easy parent check-ins

Children can stay close enough for parents to check in when they want to, without spending the whole celebration managing childcare from the other side of the room.

For the person hosting

Group care, with or without the full MINI Lounge.

Most events do not need every child assigned to one nanny. We can create a staffed children’s space, provide the childcare team for a setup you already have, or combine group care with dedicated one-to-one support where a particular child needs it.

Children playing inside a warm illustrated space
01

The MINI Lounge

A dedicated on-site space for play, making, books, quieter moments and reset time. We customise the styling to the main event’s look and feel and shape the contents around the children attending.

02

Event nannies

Already have the room, activity corner or children’s setup? We can bring the childcare professionals who supervise, engage and care for the children inside it.

03

Build the right mix

Group care can sit alongside a dedicated nanny for a baby or younger child, or care before and after the celebration. We build around what the guest list actually needs.

One-to-one event nanny

One child. One person watching only them.

Some parents already know their child will be safer, calmer and have a better time if the person caring for them is not also responsible for the wider group. That is what one-to-one care is for: one dedicated caregiver, following this child and what they need for the hours you book.

Children peeking from behind a cream panel
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Their attention is not split.

Feeding, changing, tired eyes, comfort, settling, overstimulation and the small change in mood before it becomes a big one. One person is watching only them.

02

Still part of the day.

If your child is in the wedding party, needed for photographs or simply someone you want close, their caregiver moves with those moments rather than removing them from the celebration.

03

You can stop scanning the room.

Check in whenever you want. The difference is that you do not have to spend the event tracking whether your child is okay, because somebody else is already doing the watching.

If you already know your child does better with their own person, this is the care built for that.✿
Care that follows the day

Need care before the first guest arrives or after the last dance?

The childcare need does not always begin and end with the formal event. We can build support around getting ready, where the family is staying and the hours after the celebration, so the whole day works rather than only the middle of it.

01

Before the event

Care while parents get ready, photographs are happening, suppliers are moving around and the children need a familiar, steady point before the celebration starts.

02

Where you’re staying

Hotel, guesthouse or private residence care when children need downtime, a nap, bedtime or a quieter base close to the event.

03

After the event

Support once little guests are done for the night, or when parents want to stay for dinner, speeches and dancing without turning the end of the evening into a childcare handover scramble.

Build your booking

Choose what you need. We’ll quote the exact event.

Pick what you already know. Nothing here locks you in; it simply means your enquiry reaches us with a useful starting point. If you are not sure yet, skip the choices and tell us about the day.

01

What do you want us to bring?

Start with the main shape of the childcare.

02

Choose the time.

Pick the closest fit. We can fine-tune the details with you.

Event nanny hours

4 hours

Your schedule

Tell us roughly how long you need the childcare team. We’ll recommend the staffing once we know the children and the event.

1 hour12 hours
Children attending

About 10 children

We decide staffing

Give us the rough number of children. You do not need to work out how many nannies that means — that part is ours.

1 child40 children
One-to-one care · $20/hour per child

1 child × 4 hours

1 dedicated caregiver

Choose how many children need their own caregiver and how long they need that undivided attention. Each child has one dedicated caregiver.

Children needing one-to-one care
Hours of dedicated care
1 hour12 hours
One-to-one care$80
If different children need different hours, give us the split in the enquiry notes and we’ll quote it properly.
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Shape it around your event.

Add only what your booking actually needs.

More than 10 children

11 children total

10 included

Move the slider to the total number of children attending. If your number is beyond the slider, type it instead.

11 children40 children
Additional spots1 beyond the 10 included
Extend the package

+1 hour

5 hours total

Choose exactly how much longer you need us beyond the package you selected.

0.5 hour8 hours
Total care time5 hours
One-to-one add-on · $20/hour per child

1 child × 4 hours

1 dedicated caregiver

Choose how many children need their own person alongside the wider event care, and for how long.

Children needing one-to-one care
Hours of dedicated care
1 hour12 hours
One-to-one care$80
If the children need different lengths of one-to-one care, add that detail in the enquiry notes.
Your starting point

Nothing selected yet.

Choose above, or skip straight to the enquiry and ask us to recommend the right care.

Not sure? Ask us to recommend →

Questions families usually have before the day.

You do not need to solve the childcare plan before you contact us. These are the things we can work through with you.

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What if I do not know which option I need?

That is completely fine. Tell us the event, venue, timings, number and ages of children and what you want parents to be able to do. We will recommend the care that fits.

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Can you care for babies and younger children?

Yes. Where a child needs closer attention, their own routine or one person consistently following them through the day, one-to-one event care can sit alongside the wider children’s setup.

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Can the children still take part in the ceremony and photos?

Yes. We plan care around the moments they need to be part of, then help them move back into play, rest or one-to-one care afterwards.

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What if the schedule changes on the day?

Events move. Naps move. Photographs run over. We plan with the intended timeline, but the care is built to adapt calmly when the day does.

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What if my child becomes unwell?

Tell us about any health needs before the booking. If something changes on the day, we focus on the child, contact you when needed and adapt the plan. Our nannies have first-aid training and childminding certifications so they can respond appropriately if something is urgent.

Get a quote

Tell us the rest. We’ll quote the care around your day.

If you picked options above, they’re already coming with you. If you skipped them, that’s fine too — name and contact are enough to start.

Your care so far
Change selections →
WhatsApp MINIscapes: +263 77 242 3841miniscapeszw@gmail.com
Playful MINIscapes illustration
Viewing: Public / ticketed / larger eventBack to event-team options
For public, ticketed + larger events

If the kids are coming, let’s make sure the event actually works for them too.

Maybe families already come to your event. Maybe you’ve wanted to make that possible and then realised how much sits behind the words “kids are welcome.” The hard bit is not putting something colourful in a corner. It is making sure the children have somewhere that works for them, without their parents — or your event team — ending up with the whole childcare job.

MINIscapes can take that part on.

If this sounds familiar

Maybe you’ve tried “kids are welcome” before.

It sounds simple at first. Then somebody has to think about what the children are doing, who is watching them, where they go when they’ve had enough, how to keep them comfortable around the parts of the event that were not designed for children, and who steps in when a child needs something.

That is quite a lot to add to an event your team is already trying to run.

You do not have to choose between taking all of that on yourselves and deciding it is easier not to have children there.There is another option.

So, what would you actually need us to do?

You do not need to arrive with a finished kids’ plan. Start wherever the event actually is.

01

Starting from nothing?

Bring us the event. We can work out the children’s space, what happens in it, the care team and how it fits around the programme already happening.

02

Already have a family area?

Great. We can work with what you already have — play equipment, activities, sponsors or a space — and add the care, supervision and people needed around it.

03

Still deciding if families can come?

Bring us in there. Give us the venue, hours, rough numbers and what the event looks like, and we can work through what making it workable would actually involve.

Children being cared for in a colourful MINIscapes space while the wider event continues nearby
Same event. A part of it that was planned for children too.
From the parent’s side

“Kids are welcome” can mean three very different things.

They can be allowed in. There can be something for them to do. Or there can be someone whose actual job is to look after them for a while. For the parent, that last shift changes the whole day.

01

Kids can come.

Their parent is still doing the watching.

02

There’s something for them too.

They have somewhere to go and something to do. Their parent may still need to hover and check in.

03

Someone is actually looking after them.

Now their parent can still be nearby, see them and pull them out to enjoy something together — without staying half-on-duty the whole time.

The event can still be the event.

The main event stays the main event. We plan for the moments when what a child needs and what the event is doing stop matching for a while.

They’re loving it

They want to watch too.

Perfect. They should. If the main act has them hooked, there is no reason to pull them away just because MINIscapes is there.

They’re done

They’ve moved on.

Also normal. We can have something worth moving on to, without their parent having to leave the event with them.

It’s a bit much

They need a different pace.

Sometimes it gets loud, long or overwhelming. There can already be somewhere calmer to go and something gentler to do.

They need their own person

One child needs more attention.

Some parents already know their child will be safer, happier or simply have a better time with one person watching only them.

How bigger events work

Bigger events need their own maths.

A festival or large public event is not one of our wedding packages with more children added to it. We look at the hours, expected numbers and ages, the venue, what you already have, and what MINIscapes is being asked to take care of.

Then we work out something that makes sense for the event, for families and for us.

The organiser might fund the main children’s setup as part of the event.
Families might pay separately for something extra, like dedicated one-to-one care.
At larger numbers, pricing can be built specifically for the partnership rather than simply applying normal retail rates.
One-to-one inside a bigger event

Some parents will want their child to have their own person.

They may have a younger child, a child who needs more support, or simply know they will enjoy the event much more if there is one person whose only job is looking after their child. A wider MINIscapes setup can make room for that too.

Where the event partnership allows for it, families can choose that extra support separately.

Add one-to-one care to the plan →
Children reading and building together in a cosy illustrated room

Under all the play, there’s real care.

The activities and the space matter. But the important bit is that somebody trained is actually caring for the children. Our nannies have childminding certifications and first-aid training, so the care side is not being improvised around the fun.

Tell us about the event

Tell us what you know so far.

You probably do not know exactly how many children are coming yet. That’s fine. Give us the event, the numbers you are working with and anything that has already been decided. We’ll have enough to start a useful conversation.

That’s plenty to start with. We’ll carry it into WhatsApp.
MINIscapes
Childcare for the life happening now.
Harare, Zimbabwe · WhatsApp +263 77 242 3841 · miniscapeszw@gmail.com
Weddings + EventsFor FamiliesMINI PartiesPlanners + Event TeamsOur EventsWhy MINIscapes
MINIscapes
Book care
MINIscapes
01 · Big days

Weddings + Events

Care for your own big day, or a plan for the children at the event you’re running.

02 · Everyday life

For Families

You have somewhere you want or need to be. Then there’s the small matter of the kids.

03 · Their big day

MINI Parties

This time the children are the whole point.

04 · Partners

Planners + Event Teams

Wedding planners, venues, promoters and event teams: you run the event. We can take the kids’ part off your plate.

05 · We make plans tooOur Events →
06 · A corner for mums

Why MINIscapes

Meet the founder, get to know a little of her story and approach, and see how life outside MINIscapes helped make MINIscapes possible.

For families

Your life is right now.

Not when the kids are older. Not when your regular help is free. Not after you solve twelve logistics problems first. If there is somewhere you want or need to be, tell us the plan. We’ll help with the childcare part.

I need careWhat this is really for
Occasional care · backup help · evenings · planned time away
A mother getting ready to go out while a caregiver plays with her children nearby
You make the plan. We help make the childcare work.One evening, a random lunch, an appointment, a few hours back or a day that needs a little more help.

The plans that usually start with “but the kids…”

This is flexible family childcare for the times you need another pair of capable hands. We can come to your home, care for your child where the day is happening, or you can bring your child or children to us. It can be one evening, one change of plan or a longer stretch you already know is coming.

We want to go out.

Dinner, date night, a friend’s thing, a long lunch, a concert, or one of those random plans that belongs to the two of you again.

My usual help can’t.

Your normal support is unavailable, the schedule changed, or something came up. You still need the day to keep moving.

I need a few hours back.

An appointment. Work. Errands. Gym. Time alone. Time with friends. Time to do absolutely nothing useful at all.

We have a bigger day in mind.

A family occasion, day trip or longer stretch of planned care. Tell us what you have in mind and we’ll tell you how we can help.

A caregiver reading with children during a calm evening at home
The hard part is not only leaving. It is getting your brain to leave with you.
The actual goal

It is not enough to get out of the house.

The win is sitting in whichever place you chose and actually being in it. Not mentally tracking snacks, tiredness, bath time and whether somebody noticed that little change in mood you would have noticed.

Good care should make it easier to stop running childcare in your head while you are gone.

For a few hours, be where you are.✿

Tell us what someone would need to notice for you.

We are not asking you to produce a perfect household manual before you are allowed a night out. Give us the useful things for that particular day.

01

Food + feeding

What matters today, any allergies or feeding notes, and anything we absolutely need to know.

02

Comfort + settling

Tell us what works, what does not and the signs you notice first. We are experts in childcare; no one can beat you at caring for this child.

03

Timing + where you’ll be

When you are leaving, when you expect to be back, where care will happen and whether the plan needs to move with your child during the day.

04

How to reach you

Let us know the best way to reach you in the off chance we genuinely need to. Then relax knowing we probably won’t. Go take over the world. We’ve got you.

Why this matters to us

We have felt like saying yes to anything is impossible too.

There are days one parent comes home tired to relieve another who has had the wind almost knocked out of them by the day. Then somebody tells you to make time for yourselves as a couple, or to pour back into yourself, and you quietly wonder which spare hours and which energy reserve everyone is talking about.

We slowly found our own checklist for what help had to look like before we could actually leave the house, be with friends our own age, be with each other or rediscover the things we liked doing before every plan became logistics.

At some point I stopped counting only the hours of childcare and started thinking about the outcome. I wanted sophisticated care I could trust. Because I am not just leaving my child with someone; I am choosing who gets to help care for them while their little world is forming. Wanting that level of care is allowed.

Read the story underneath MINIscapes →
A quiet sunset moment with a parent and child

Questions you’ll probably want to ask before you leave.

Because “I just need childcare for a few hours” somehow comes with a surprising number of practical questions. Here are the ones worth answering.

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Do you have to come to our house?

No. Home is one option, not the rule. We can come to you, care for your child where your day is happening, or you can bring your child or children to us. Tell us what would make the day easiest and we’ll work from there.

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What does a booking have to be for?

Anything that needs childcare to stop being the reason you say no. Dinner. Work. An appointment. A random afternoon. A full day. Your usual help falling through. You do not need a dramatic reason to ask for help.

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My child takes a while to warm up. What then?

Tell us how they usually do new people. Do they want a quick goodbye, a proper goodbye, a favourite blanket, or ten minutes showing us every toy they own? You know this child. Give us the shortcuts that help them feel safe.

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What do I actually need to leave you with?

Not a binder. We need the things that change care: allergies or health notes, food and feeding, comfort cues, routines that matter, where you’ll be, when you expect to be back and how to reach you if we genuinely need you.

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Can you care for siblings or more than one child?

Yes. Tell us how many children and their ages. If the age mix or individual needs mean the care needs more than one pair of hands, we’ll talk that through with you before the booking.

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What if this is last-minute because my usual help cancelled?

Still ask. We cannot promise availability we do not have, but backup care is part of real family life. If we can cover it, we’ll tell you what is possible.

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How far ahead should I book?

If you know the date, send it. More notice gives us more room, but we know real life does not always arrive politely in advance. If the plan is soon, ask anyway.

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Who am I actually leaving my child with?

Our caregivers have childminding certifications and first-aid training. And we still want your notes about this particular child, because qualifications matter and so do the small things only you know.

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How do I get started?

WhatsApp us. Your name, contact and the rough plan are enough. You do not need to decide what the service should be called or have the exact hours perfectly worked out before you ask.

Start here

Tell us how long you want to be away. We’ll help with the care.

You do not need to know the right package name. Name and contact are enough. Add the rest if you feel like it, or hit send and we’ll take it from there.

WhatsApp MINIscapes: +263 77 242 3841miniscapeszw@gmail.com
Playful MINIscapes illustration
MINIscapes
Childcare for the life happening now.
Harare, Zimbabwe · WhatsApp +263 77 242 3841 · miniscapeszw@gmail.com
Weddings + EventsFor FamiliesMINI PartiesPlanners + Event TeamsOur EventsWhy MINIscapes
MINIscapes
Book care
MINIscapes
01 · Big days

Weddings + Events

Care for your own big day, or a plan for the children at the event you’re running.

02 · Everyday life

For Families

You have somewhere you want or need to be. Then there’s the small matter of the kids.

03 · Their big day

MINI Parties

This time the children are the whole point.

04 · Partners

Planners + Event Teams

Wedding planners, venues, promoters and event teams: you run the event. We can take the kids’ part off your plate.

05 · We make plans tooOur Events →
06 · A corner for mums

Why MINIscapes

Meet the founder, get to know a little of her story and approach, and see how life outside MINIscapes helped make MINIscapes possible.

MINI Parties

It’s their party. You should get to enjoy it too.

Tell us what your child loves, who is coming and how much help you want. We can help shape the children’s experience, plan the play and be there to run it with you.

Choose how much helpHow we think about parties
Birthdays · play days · celebrations · just-because plans
Children immersed in a colourful MINIscapes party world with art, climbing, building and playTHEIR BIG DAY
Make it feel like them.Not every child needs the same party with a different name printed on the backdrop.

How much of the children’s part do you want us to take on?

You can stay hands-on with the planning and ask us to do the heavy lifting on setup, activities and making sure the little ones have a great time. Or tell us your child’s personality, interests and preferences and let us start from the planning.

01

Help me plan it.

We turn your child’s interests, age and guest list into a plan for activities, flow, high-energy moments and quieter ones, with enough structure for the day to make sense.

02

I’ll plan. You help run it.

You choose the venue and direction. We can take the on-the-day children’s setup, activities, transitions and helping hands so you are not the person running every minute from behind the scenes.

03

Take the children’s experience from here.

Tell us about the child and what you want the day to feel like. We can build the children’s plan and be there to carry it through on the day.

Our party philosophy

The photos can be gorgeous. They just can’t be the best thing about the party.

We are big on photography, so we mean that. We want the setup to make you reach for your phone — and then forget about it because your child is too busy laughing, making, running, discovering, dragging you over to see something and asking if everyone can stay a little longer.

A beautiful party that only came alive in the pictures is not the win. We want both: the kind of day that looks incredible afterwards, and felt even better while it was happening.

Children making colourful handprint art together

Built around actual children.

A beautiful party can still fall flat if the activities are wrong for the age, the energy never changes, or nobody has thought about the awkward ten minutes between one thing and the next.

01

What they genuinely love

Dinosaurs, painting, football, dressing up, making things, moving constantly. Their interests are a better starting point than what happens to be trending.

02

The ages in the room

The same idea lands differently for a three-year-old and an eight-year-old. We shape the play around who is actually coming.

03

Energy that moves

High-energy play, focused making, food, transitions and reset moments. Children should not have to spend the whole party at one speed.

04

A parent who gets to look up

You should be able to watch your child have the day instead of spending the whole day running it from behind the scenes.

Children playing together on colourful soft-play shapes
The parent version

You can be in the photos too.

One of the quiet benefits of having somebody else hold the children’s flow is that you stop disappearing to find cups, explain the next activity, locate the missing scissors and answer every little “what now?”

The birthday belongs to your child. The memory should belong to you too.

Questions parents usually have before we start planning.

You can come to us with a full Pinterest board or one sentence about your child. We can start from either place.

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Can you plan the whole children’s experience, or only help on the day?

Either. You can stay hands-on with the idea and bring us in for setup, activities and running the children’s flow, or tell us about your child and let us start from the planning.

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Do MINI Parties have to be birthdays?

No. If you want to create a day around your child — a celebration, a gathering, a holiday plan or simply something fun with their people — talk to us.

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How do you decide what the children actually do?

We start with ages, interests, guest mix and the energy you want. Then we shape activities and transitions so the children are not all being asked to enjoy the same thing in the same way.

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What if I already have the venue, theme or decorator?

Perfect. We do not need to replace what is already working. Tell us what you have and how much of the children’s part you want us to take on.

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Do you ever host events yourselves?

Yes. MINIscapes has its own children’s events calendar too. We dream up the idea, build the experience and invite families in. Explore Our Events →

Start here

Tell us about the child — and what you want to celebrate.

You do not need to know the right package name. Name and contact are enough. Add the rest if you feel like it, or hit send and we’ll take it from there.

WhatsApp MINIscapes: +263 77 242 3841miniscapeszw@gmail.com
Playful MINIscapes illustration
MINIscapes
Childcare for the life happening now.
Harare, Zimbabwe · WhatsApp +263 77 242 3841 · miniscapeszw@gmail.com
Weddings + EventsFor FamiliesMINI PartiesPlanners + Event TeamsOur EventsWhy MINIscapes
MINIscapes
Event calendar
MINIscapes
01 · Big days

Weddings + Events

Care for your own big day, or a plan for the children at the event you’re running.

02 · Everyday life

For Families

You have somewhere you want or need to be. Then there’s the small matter of the kids.

03 · Their big day

MINI Parties

This time the children are the whole point.

04 · Partners

Planners + Event Teams

Wedding planners, venues, promoters and event teams: you run the event. We can take the kids’ part off your plate.

05 · We make plans tooOur Events →
06 · A corner for mums

Why MINIscapes

Meet the founder, get to know a little of her story and approach, and see how life outside MINIscapes helped make MINIscapes possible.

MINIscapes Events

We make plans for the kids too.

You don’t need to be throwing a birthday, attending a wedding or planning anything at all. Throughout the year, MINIscapes hosts its own events for children — we come up with the idea, build the experience and invite them in.

Reading circles. Treasure hunts. Making days. Seasonal events. Little adventures. And occasionally something we thought sounded far too fun not to do.

See what’s comingTell me what’s next
Reading circles · treasure hunts · making days · seasonal plans · little adventures
A child reading in a warm, colourful MINIscapes event settingOUR EVENTS
READING CIRCLES✿TREASURE HUNTS✦MAKING DAYS✿SEASONAL PLANS✦LITTLE ADVENTURES✿READING CIRCLES✿TREASURE HUNTS✦MAKING DAYS✿SEASONAL PLANS✦LITTLE ADVENTURES✿
MINIscapes hosts it

We host the whole thing.

These are MINIscapes events, planned from the beginning for children. We choose the idea, plan what they’ll do, create the space, bring the team and host the day. You book their place and bring them along.

Children making and creating together at a MINIscapes event

What kind of events do we host?

Here’s the kind of thing you’ll find on our calendar. The exact events change throughout the year.

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Reading Circles + Stories that spill off the page

A good book is usually only the beginning. We read together, talk, imagine, make things and sometimes turn whatever happened in the story into the rest of the afternoon.

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Treasure Hunts + Little Adventures

Clues to follow, things to find, places to explore and very serious missions for small people.

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Making Days

Painting, building, decorating, experimenting, getting messy and going home extremely pleased with something they made themselves.

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Seasonal Plans

Easter hunts, Christmas making, school-holiday plans and whatever else the time of year gives us an excuse to turn into a day for the kids.

A rotating calendar of ideas.

Some events are one-off afternoons, some follow the season, some are built for a particular age and some exist because an idea was too fun to leave sitting in our notes.

Coming up at MINIscapes

Nothing announced yet? Get first dibs.

We announce new MINIscapes events as we dream them up. Join the list and we’ll send you the next one with the date, age group, location and how to book.

Your email is included in the WhatsApp message so we can add you to the list.
WhatsApp MINIscapes directlyPlanning something for your child? See MINI Parties →
Children cooking together during a hands-on MINIscapes event
MINIscapes
Childcare for the life happening now.
Harare, Zimbabwe · WhatsApp +263 77 242 3841 · miniscapeszw@gmail.com
Weddings + EventsFor FamiliesMINI PartiesPlanners + Event TeamsOur EventsWhy MINIscapes
MINIscapes
Talk to MINIscapes
MINIscapes
01 · Big days

Weddings + Events

Care for your own big day, or a plan for the children at the event you’re running.

02 · Everyday life

For Families

You have somewhere you want or need to be. Then there’s the small matter of the kids.

03 · Their big day

MINI Parties

This time the children are the whole point.

04 · Partners

Planners + Event Teams

Wedding planners, venues, promoters and event teams: you run the event. We can take the kids’ part off your plate.

05 · We make plans tooOur Events →
06 · A corner for mums

Why MINIscapes

Meet the founder, get to know a little of her story and approach, and see how life outside MINIscapes helped make MINIscapes possible.

For planners + event teams

You already have an event to run. You shouldn’t also have to become the childcare team.

If children are going to be there, somebody has to think about where they go, what they do, who is watching them and what happens when they’ve had enough of the main event for a while. We can take that whole part on.

Show me how this could workWhat can MINIscapes take on?
Wedding plannersVenuesPromotersFestival producersCorporate event teams
Children enjoying a thoughtfully designed care space while the adult event continues nearbyTHE KIDS HAVE A PLAN TOO.

What are you working on?

Tell us which kind of event you’re working on and we’ll take you straight to the part that fits.

For wedding planners

I plan weddings + private celebrations for clients.

The children are on the guest list. I need care that fits around the day without giving the couple, their family or my team another thing to manage.

Show me wedding + private-event care →
For promoters, producers + event teams

I plan or run public, ticketed or larger events.

I want families to be able to come, without parents spending the whole event on duty or my team ending up responsible for childcare.

Show me how this could work at my event →

You don’t need to build the kids’ part before you bring us in.

Maybe you already have a family area, activities, sponsors or play equipment. Maybe all you have is: “We’d like families to be able to come, but we don’t want our team running childcare.” That’s enough to start with.

Starting from nothing?

We can build the children’s part with you.

Space, activities, care team, quieter moments, how it fits around the programme — we can work through the whole thing.

Already have a family area?

We can work with what is already there.

We do not need to reinvent your setup. We can add the care, supervision and people it needs to actually work for children.

Still deciding if families can come?

Bring us in before you decide.

Give us the event, venue, hours and rough numbers. We can help you see what making it workable would involve.

Some children need their own person?

One-to-one can sit alongside the wider plan.

The main setup can serve families generally, while a parent who wants dedicated care for their child can have that option too.

A MINIscapes children’s space operating alongside an adult event
The event carries on. So does their day.
If you have been here before

Maybe you’ve tried “kids are welcome” before.

It sounds simple at first. Then you realise somebody has to think about what the children are doing, who is watching them, where they go when they have had enough, how to keep them comfortable around the parts of the event that were not designed for children, and who steps in when a child needs something.

That is quite a lot to add to an event your team is already trying to run.

You do not have to choose between taking all of that on yourselves and deciding it is easier not to have children there.There is another option.

Something for children to do can make an event much easier for families.

The difference is whether the parent is still on duty.

Welcoming children, giving them something to do, and having someone whose job is actually to care for them are three different things.

01

Kids can come.

Their parent is still doing the watching.

02

There’s something for them too.

They have somewhere to go and something to do. Their parent may still need to hover and check in.

03

Someone is actually looking after them.

Now the parent can still be close, come and go with their child and share parts of the event with them — without staying half-on-duty the whole time.

For the parent, those three things feel very different.

A look at another live-events market

A little context from what parents are doing elsewhere.

Ticketmaster’s 2025 UK festival research gives an interesting look at a market where family attendance is already part of the picture.

51%of UK festivalgoers surveyed already attend festivals with family.
+27%another 27% said they would like to attend with family.
43%of parents surveyed said they see festivals as an alternative to the traditional summer holiday.

What interests us is the behaviour underneath the numbers: becoming a parent does not make people stop wanting live music, festivals, good food or a really good day out. It changes what has to be possible for them to say yes.

Ticketmaster UK, State of Play: Festivals 2025. Read Ticketmaster’s summary →

One event to have a look at

Want to see an event that has built with this in mind?

At Wilderness Festival in Oxfordshire, UK, children do not just have things to do. There is a dedicated Family Field with a full programme for families, and the festival also has separately bookable professional nanny and creche care through Mortimer Nannies.

Different country. Different event. A little inspiration and a little “oh, this can actually be done” never hurt anyone.

There’s a family experience. And there’s actual childcare.

For 2026, Mortimer Nannies at Wilderness runs staffed play sessions with qualified nannies, child carers and DBS-checked assistants. That is the distinction we find useful: something for children to do and someone whose job is to care for them are not the same service.

See Wilderness family info →See the Family Field →See how the nanny care works →

So how would we actually work together?

You do not need to know how many caregivers you need or what the space should look like before you call us. Figuring that out is part of the job.

1

Tell us about the event.

Venue, hours, what you are planning, rough child numbers and ages, and anything that is already decided.

2

We work out what the children need.

We recommend the space, care setup and staffing instead of asking your team to become childcare experts.

3

We get clear on what we’re taking on.

Maybe that is the whole children’s setup. Maybe you have already handled part of it. Either way, everyone knows what is ours on the day.

4

Then we run our part.

Your team has an event to run. On the day, MINIscapes runs the care we planned with you.

Before the gates open

If you sell tickets ahead of time, we can use that too.

If families tell you during booking that they are bringing children, how many and roughly what ages, we have something much better to plan from than a guess.

And where it suits the event, this is also where families could be shown an optional one-to-one care offer if they already know their child would do better with a dedicated caregiver.

Bringing children?
How many?
What ages?
Want to hear about one-to-one care?
Children arriving at a MINIscapes event care check-in with a caregiver
The money question

Bigger events need their own maths.

A large public event is not just one of our wedding packages with more children added to it. We look at the hours, expected numbers and ages, the venue, what you already have, and what MINIscapes is being asked to take care of.

We work out something that makes sense for the event, for families and for us.

The organiser may fund the main children’s setup as part of the event.
Families may pay separately for something extra, like one-to-one care.
At larger numbers, the pricing can be built specifically for that partnership.
The part underneath all the play

There’s real care here.

The styling and activities matter. But the important bit is that somebody trained is actually caring for the children. Our nannies have childminding certifications and first-aid training, so when MINIscapes takes on the children’s part, the care is not an afterthought.

A MINIscapes caregiver giving a child calm one-to-one attention inside an event space
Start the conversation

Tell us what you’re planning.

You do not need to have the childcare worked out. Give us the event, what you have already decided and the rough numbers you have. Estimates are completely fine.

WhatsApp MINIscapes: +263 77 242 3841miniscapeszw@gmail.com
Playful MINIscapes illustration
MINIscapes
Childcare for the life happening now.
Harare, Zimbabwe · WhatsApp +263 77 242 3841 · miniscapeszw@gmail.com
Weddings + EventsFor FamiliesMINI PartiesPlanners + Event TeamsOur EventsWhy MINIscapes
MINIscapes
Book care
MINIscapes
01 · Big days

Weddings + Events

Care for your own big day, or a plan for the children at the event you’re running.

02 · Everyday life

For Families

You have somewhere you want or need to be. Then there’s the small matter of the kids.

03 · Their big day

MINI Parties

This time the children are the whole point.

04 · Partners

Planners + Event Teams

Wedding planners, venues, promoters and event teams: you run the event. We can take the kids’ part off your plate.

05 · We make plans tooOur Events →
06 · A corner for mums

Why MINIscapes

Meet the founder, get to know a little of her story and approach, and see how life outside MINIscapes helped make MINIscapes possible.

A corner for mums

Hi, I’m Tanya.

I started Mamahood, and later MINIscapes, because mothering alone almost killed me.

Well, not alone alone (but we needed a dramatic opening, lol).

I had my first child right at the beginning of COVID. I was also the first among my friends and cousins to have a baby. For the first two and a half months, my mother became my first real community in motherhood.

We did shifts.

I could sleep so deeply that sometimes I would not even hear the baby crying.

And I realised something that has stayed with me ever since: part of what allows your body to switch off is trusting the person next to you.

Tanya, founder of Mamahood ZW and MINIscapes
The real luxury is being able to switch off because you trust the person helping with the watching.

When I came home, that’s when the crushing part of being alone showed up. I did not have that same help around me anymore. I was a new mum, in a new version of my life, trying to figure out a baby while everyone my age still seemed to be living a life so different from my current reality.

I remember wishing I could just sit in a library or a coffee shop with somebody who wouldn’t be nodding through because of an understanding they got from TV or a book. There is something validating about knowing the person I’m talking to gets it, gets it. We didn’t need to solve anything. I wanted someone who could say, “You too?”

So I started building the community I needed.

That became Mamahood ZW. Walks. Brunches. Conversations. Mothers showing up for each other. Mothers being allowed to be people while still loving the life of being somebody’s mum.

Tanya with a red mug in front of a colourful flower wallA group of women dressed for a Mamahood gathering
My life is RIGHT NOW.

Somewhere inside mothering kid number one, I realised I did not want to wait for a distant future where the kids were older before I got to feel like myself again. Mine and my husband’s life is happening now.

There is such peace in being able to plan a vacation and go like our younger little selves used to. To see an event poster and think, “I’m going,” without immediately breaking into a logistics sprint. To sit in the room I wanted to be in and just beeeee in it.

I remember the first event away from home where I felt that way properly. It made me very serious about creating more of that feeling for the women in my community, and for mothers generally.

I want you to dress up. Go out. Breathe.

Go out with the girls. Go somewhere with your lover. Go out alone. Take the trip. Stay for dessert. Dance. These kids will still be your kids when you come home, but for now, reconnect with yourself.

It’s why we do what we do. And it’s part of why you can trust us.

Not just because Tanya said so, but because this genuinely explains the lens we bring to the work.

Because we have been you.

We know the tiring maths parents do before saying yes to anything. Who will watch them? Can they handle it? Will I spend the whole time checking anyway?

Because we started off just doing things with mums over at Mamahood.

And then we realised, oh… there is a reason some mums don’t come. Or come late. Or come tired. Or leave early. And if that is true for one event, what must it mean for life in general?

Because “someone is there” is not enough.

The thing that lets a parent relax is knowing somebody is paying attention to the things they would normally be paying attention to.

Because the goal is not separation.

The goal is enough support that being somebody’s mother does not have to consume every available version of you.

Moments from Mamahood.

I spend a lot of my time outdoors and planning events, so I know that world too. Before there was MINIscapes, there were meetups, walks, playdates for mums and excuses to dress up. All of it showed us how needed what we are building now really is.

A large Mamahood community group outdoors
Faces of MamahoodCommunity that exists in real rooms, not only on a feed.
Playdate, but for the mommas.Laugh together. Eat together. Chill together.
Women moving together at an outdoor Mamahood event
Leave the house. Fill your cup.The walks became one of the ways mums got to move, talk, breathe and feel like themselves again.
They are sponges, guys.My five-year-old reminds me in the most unlikely moments how much she takes in from watching and being around me.
We get to do it together.Motherhood is beautiful. It also sucks sometimes. The good thing is being able to say both in the same room.
And yes, the mom brain.Sometimes the body has sat down and the mind absolutely has not.
Tanya in a bright green jacket and pink sneakers, smiling outdoors
Still you.Motherhood can be huge and still leave room for Tanya, the person inside it.
Come into the Mamahood community →
Start here

Need the childcare part now? Tell us what you’re planning.

You do not need to know the right package name. Name and contact are enough. Add the rest if you feel like it, or hit send and we’ll take it from there.

WhatsApp MINIscapes: +263 77 242 3841miniscapeszw@gmail.com
Playful MINIscapes illustration
MINIscapes
Childcare for the life happening now.
Harare, Zimbabwe · WhatsApp +263 77 242 3841 · miniscapeszw@gmail.com
Weddings + EventsFor FamiliesMINI PartiesPlanners + Event TeamsOur EventsWhy MINIscapes